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Taiwanese legislative elections - Hau Lung-bin goes too far

The Taipei Times has reported today that the mayor of Taipei, Hau Lung-bin (KMT), has threatened to refuse ballots to anyone who does not follow a "two-stage" voting process, where individuals take a ballot for the legislative election, casts it... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Sat, Nov 24 2007

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